How badly do you want to succeed? How badly do you want to make your dreams become a reality? The only way for all this to happen is to put in the time and work in order to be successful. This is the grind season; this is the time to put in the work and make yourself better.
Let me tell you something: the road to your dream isn't an easy path. There will be people who will try to bring you down and who do not want you to be better than them. That type of person you have to leave behind in your life. You must surround yourself with people who have the same goal as you, which is to SUCCEED! The grind does not just happen sports, but in life. Education is an important thing in our society, and you need a college education in order to find a decent job. So if you are not in the gym, you need to stay focused on your schoolwork and have the drive to do better than okay.
I say to you today that dreams and success come with a price. Yes, nothing in life is ever easy, because if it was, everyone would do it. In true words of motivational speaker Eric Thomas, "In order to succeed, you have to want it as bad as you want to breathe." Unfortunately, you have to sacrifice things in order to become successful, whether it's not going out anymore, waking up early in the morning before anyone else, or letting other things go.
Do not be afraid to fail. Just because you faced failure, that does not define who you are in life. If you keep going at it, you will find a way out. The pain is temporary, however, the feeling of success will last a lifetime. You have to stay on the grind; never be satisfied with yourself, because the time you spend working on your craft is time spent stepping close to your dream and coming to a realization that the sacrifices you made in the past were worth it.
What I leave for you to think about is that you should prove them wrong. It's grind season!
